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Wildfires in Florida
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 60,710 km² of Florida at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,510 km², ranking 4th of 51 regions of United States.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2017, with 9,590 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 6,360 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
January, February and March together hold 44% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 February 2024, with detections in 300 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 60,710 km² with at least one detection, 24% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 30,760 | 51% |
| 2 years | 15,320 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13,010 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,540 | 2.5% |
| 11 years or more | 84 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.25, -83.25 and holds 3.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,360 | 8,275 |
| 2013 | 7,710 | 9,361 |
| 2014 | 8,290 | 9,792 |
| 2015 | 8,210 | 9,732 |
| 2016 | 8,510 | 10,710 |
| 2017 | 9,590 | 12,369 |
| 2018 | 8,600 | 11,048 |
| 2019 | 8,220 | 10,557 |
| 2020 | 8,290 | 10,783 |
| 2021 | 8,830 | 11,495 |
| 2022 | 8,930 | 11,833 |
| 2023 | 9,190 | 12,189 |
| 2024 | 8,850 | 11,999 |
| 2025 | 9,560 | 13,401 |
Other regions of United States
- Texas13,010 km² in an average year
- Georgia10,210 km² in an average year
- California9,720 km² in an average year
- Kansas6,780 km² in an average year
- Oklahoma6,770 km² in an average year
- Arkansas6,280 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Georgia146 km
- Alabama469 km
- South Carolina469 km
- West Grand Bahama, Bahamas587 km
- Tennessee613 km
- Mississippi617 km